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General | Posted 17 years agoQuoting from
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/rev.....ete-collection
>Humanity abandoned Earth over 4000 years ago and took to the stars. But now its very existence is being threatened out in the vacuum of space by an implacable enemy from another dimension known as the Gnosis. Vector Industries' Shion Uzuki has been developing a beautiful but unpredictable super-weapon codenamed KOS-MOS aboard the space ship Woglinde,
So far, so good.
>which is secretly transporting a Zohar Emulator,
GASP! Not a Zohar Emulator!
YOU BASTARDS! Give me a real Zohar, or I'll shove these emulated Zohars so far up your butt you'll taste the emulated Zohar, which is almost, but not quite, like a real Zohar.
>when the ship is unexpectedly attacked by a devastating large Gnosis force. KOS-MOS activates, and Shion barely escapes with her life. But her escape is just the beginning, and her life begins to intersect with those players,
What players?
>such as 100-Series Realian prototype MOMO, who will be key actors in an adventure that will lead ultimately to the salvation of countless lives—or their final destruction.
So let me get this straight -- we have a Realian prototype, but we have to make do with these fucking emulated Zohars? I'd rather have authentic Zohars, like Mom used to make, and a Fakian prototype, thank you very much.
Although from context, I suppose it is clear that the 100-Series Realian prototype MOMO has sex with a large number of women, since s/he is a player.
Seriously, is it that hard to remember that "Zohar emulators" and "100-Series Realian prototypes" do not actually exist in the real world, and that a review of a story that makes use of them should either avoid the terms or explain them if they must be mentioned?
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/rev.....ete-collection
>Humanity abandoned Earth over 4000 years ago and took to the stars. But now its very existence is being threatened out in the vacuum of space by an implacable enemy from another dimension known as the Gnosis. Vector Industries' Shion Uzuki has been developing a beautiful but unpredictable super-weapon codenamed KOS-MOS aboard the space ship Woglinde,
So far, so good.
>which is secretly transporting a Zohar Emulator,
GASP! Not a Zohar Emulator!
YOU BASTARDS! Give me a real Zohar, or I'll shove these emulated Zohars so far up your butt you'll taste the emulated Zohar, which is almost, but not quite, like a real Zohar.
>when the ship is unexpectedly attacked by a devastating large Gnosis force. KOS-MOS activates, and Shion barely escapes with her life. But her escape is just the beginning, and her life begins to intersect with those players,
What players?
>such as 100-Series Realian prototype MOMO, who will be key actors in an adventure that will lead ultimately to the salvation of countless lives—or their final destruction.
So let me get this straight -- we have a Realian prototype, but we have to make do with these fucking emulated Zohars? I'd rather have authentic Zohars, like Mom used to make, and a Fakian prototype, thank you very much.
Although from context, I suppose it is clear that the 100-Series Realian prototype MOMO has sex with a large number of women, since s/he is a player.
Seriously, is it that hard to remember that "Zohar emulators" and "100-Series Realian prototypes" do not actually exist in the real world, and that a review of a story that makes use of them should either avoid the terms or explain them if they must be mentioned?
Zippers that Stick
General | Posted 17 years agoTry some fine graphite lubricant in the thing you pull up and down to make the zipper zip.
Really, this stuff is incredible.
Really, this stuff is incredible.
Gratuitous Sex Scene Contest
General | Posted 17 years ago[Cross-posted on other boards]
I've got an end-of-the-month deadline and I won't be able to work on Silverfox for the last half of the month, so the next chapter won't be posted until early February.
So, in order to make up for it, come up with some ideas for a gratuitous sex scene. I'll write the one which seems to have the most support, or if there is no clear "winner," whichever amuses me most. If it can't be fit into Silverfox, I'll do it as a stand alone, or possibly fit it into a sequel.
Extra points will be awarded for using only existing characters.
Characters from other continuities are pretty much out, as are pairings that don't work with the character -- so, for example, a Victoria / Morgan scene is right out.
Winner to be announced on January 14th.
I've got an end-of-the-month deadline and I won't be able to work on Silverfox for the last half of the month, so the next chapter won't be posted until early February.
So, in order to make up for it, come up with some ideas for a gratuitous sex scene. I'll write the one which seems to have the most support, or if there is no clear "winner," whichever amuses me most. If it can't be fit into Silverfox, I'll do it as a stand alone, or possibly fit it into a sequel.
Extra points will be awarded for using only existing characters.
Characters from other continuities are pretty much out, as are pairings that don't work with the character -- so, for example, a Victoria / Morgan scene is right out.
Winner to be announced on January 14th.
Because Carbon Dioxide Looks Entirely Different.
General | Posted 17 years agoFrom Station, a comic book about a murder on the International Space Station, written by Johanna Stokes, who apparently also writes for the Sci-Fi Channel's Eureka. A character finds a hypodermic syringe, and glances at the contents, saying:
"Looks like nitrogen."
Pat yourself on the back, Johanna.
"Looks like nitrogen."
Pat yourself on the back, Johanna.
Lifted from a comment reply.
General | Posted 17 years agoIf I can say this without sounding pretentious... well, I probably can't, but what the hell.
First, let's talk about giant robots. Like any genre, giant robots have their own silly rules designed to make things cool, but which really don't work. Of those, let's mention two.
1) Giant robots fight at very close range. Present day weapons have much more reach than your typical giant robot weapon. I mean, we want to watch a dogfight, not an AMRAAM launch followed by a cut to someone blowing up. Fine.
2) Giant robot pilots don't typically seem to be the sort of people you'd expect to be controlling multi-million dollar battle platforms. A bit of, well, weirdness in the main characters makes for more interpersonal conflict. Again, fine. David Bowman from 2001 is the sort of guy you'd actually put in charge of the Discovery, but he's not a dramatic character. Which is sort of the point.
Do you remember the original three movie Mobile Suit Gundam? What really struck me about that series is that it had two major plot-based assumptions:
A) Radar doesn't work any more. All combat is visual range only.
B) Unless your pilot has psychic powers and can sense the enemy. In other words, your personality has much less to do with how effective you are in combat. People who would normally never be put in a cockpit end up in a cockpit, because they're psychics.
I don't want to claim that Gundam was the first series to do this, but basically, Gundam took two entirely silly, but emotionally resonant cliches and built justifications around them. For me, at least, it took that extra step and made the notion more credible and clever.
That's sort of what I'm trying to do with the Foxforce series.
I wanted to write a Women in Prison porn story. WiP porn has its own silly cliches, chosen not because they make sense, but because it's cool.
Why are the prisoners all hot women and why are they forced into a variety of lurid sexual situations? Because it's not a prison, it's a brothel.
My take on bondage is that most tops like the idea of imposing their will on a victim, but don't want to "really hurt them." I know this makes no sense, but it's the reason [I think] for every porn scene which can be parsed to "No! No! More! Harder!" We've all seen that scene a million times, and it's pretty appalling if you think of it as an attempt to depict an actual sexual assault.
So the women are not human. Heck, if you were designing a sex slave [putting aside the fact that's appalling and creepy and you wouldn't actually design a sex slave,] wouldn't you make that behavior part of the specification?
And then that opens a whole other can of worms. These characters are ultimately products -- and how far can you go in making them product while still keeping them characters?
It's a tightrope, but I'm having fun with it.
First, let's talk about giant robots. Like any genre, giant robots have their own silly rules designed to make things cool, but which really don't work. Of those, let's mention two.
1) Giant robots fight at very close range. Present day weapons have much more reach than your typical giant robot weapon. I mean, we want to watch a dogfight, not an AMRAAM launch followed by a cut to someone blowing up. Fine.
2) Giant robot pilots don't typically seem to be the sort of people you'd expect to be controlling multi-million dollar battle platforms. A bit of, well, weirdness in the main characters makes for more interpersonal conflict. Again, fine. David Bowman from 2001 is the sort of guy you'd actually put in charge of the Discovery, but he's not a dramatic character. Which is sort of the point.
Do you remember the original three movie Mobile Suit Gundam? What really struck me about that series is that it had two major plot-based assumptions:
A) Radar doesn't work any more. All combat is visual range only.
B) Unless your pilot has psychic powers and can sense the enemy. In other words, your personality has much less to do with how effective you are in combat. People who would normally never be put in a cockpit end up in a cockpit, because they're psychics.
I don't want to claim that Gundam was the first series to do this, but basically, Gundam took two entirely silly, but emotionally resonant cliches and built justifications around them. For me, at least, it took that extra step and made the notion more credible and clever.
That's sort of what I'm trying to do with the Foxforce series.
I wanted to write a Women in Prison porn story. WiP porn has its own silly cliches, chosen not because they make sense, but because it's cool.
Why are the prisoners all hot women and why are they forced into a variety of lurid sexual situations? Because it's not a prison, it's a brothel.
My take on bondage is that most tops like the idea of imposing their will on a victim, but don't want to "really hurt them." I know this makes no sense, but it's the reason [I think] for every porn scene which can be parsed to "No! No! More! Harder!" We've all seen that scene a million times, and it's pretty appalling if you think of it as an attempt to depict an actual sexual assault.
So the women are not human. Heck, if you were designing a sex slave [putting aside the fact that's appalling and creepy and you wouldn't actually design a sex slave,] wouldn't you make that behavior part of the specification?
And then that opens a whole other can of worms. These characters are ultimately products -- and how far can you go in making them product while still keeping them characters?
It's a tightrope, but I'm having fun with it.
I've never done one of these...
General | Posted 17 years agoRULES:
1. Put Your iTunes, windows media player etc on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name
Are you male or female?
"Theme Of Aya" from Parasite Eve 1 by Shimomura Yoko. [Um, no]
Describe yourself!
"fake wings bitter sweet ver." from hack//Sign Soundtrack 04 by Kajiura, Yuki [Hmm... not bad]
What do people feel when they're around you?
"Solar Observatory [Excerpt]" from Jupiter Menace by Synergy [Oh... Nathan... you make me feel like I could count sunspots.]
Describe your current relationship.
"Bumper To Bumper, Rail To Rail" from Speed Racer by Giacchino, Michael [If only.]
Where would you like to be now?
"Stealth Beats" from Robotech: Invasion by Kyd, Jesper [Cripes. The last two would have been better.]
How do you feel about love?
"That's What It Takes" from Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps by James, Teresa [Wow -- another coherent answer.]
What's your life like?
"Independence Day" from Space and Beyond v2 (2 of 2) by Arnold, David [I like this one]
What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
"Kero Hireyo" from Varekai by Cirque du Soleil. [Does that make sense? Probably not.]
Say something wise.
"Stranded" from Greatest Hits 1985-1995 by Heart [Eh]
If someone says "is this okay?" you say,
"Model" from Man-Machine by Kraftwerk [More eh]
How would you describe yourself?
"By the Holy Gods" from Aida [Opera] by Verdi, Guiseppe [Actually, I think rather more of myself.]
What do you like in a guy/girl?
"Gathering" from Boheme by Deep Forest [Hmm. Gathering what?]
How do you feel today?
"The Center of the Heart" from Room Service by Roxette. [Another one that would work better elsewhere]
What is your life's purpose?
"Brief Candles" from Odessy And Oracle by the Zombies [And if you've heard that, you'd know why I'm feeling terribly depressed right now]
What is your motto?
"Mare Crisium Introitus" from Imagined Oceans by Jenkins, Karl [That actually sounds like a motto...]
What do your friends think of you?
"Trip Hop" from Journey of a Man by Cirque du Soleil [Two Cirque du Soleil tracks? Weird]
What do you think of your parents?
"Auryn" from Never Ending Story by Doldinger, Klaus
What do you think about very often?
"White as Snow" from Captain Scarlet by Gray, Barry [Up yours, Mysterons!]
What is 2 + 2?
"Tedous Scribble" from Chobits: Original Soundtrack 001 by Takanami K-taro [Actually, I'm rather fond of math.]
What do you think of your best friend?
"Chaos" from Silent Mobius 2 TMP by Ueda, Chika [Which is not too far from the truth...]
What do you think of the person you like?
"Schezo di notte" from Kingdom Hearts by Shimomura, Yoko [That's okay, because I don't like anyone.]
What is your life story?
"The Grey Havens" from The Lord Of The Rings by Hansson, Bo [Hmm.]
What do you want to be when you grow up?
"Phase2: World Within" from Universal Play by Gandalf
What do you think of when you see the person you like?
"Truth" from Nana 2 Movie OST by Ueda, Tadashi [Not bad]
What will you dance to at your wedding?
"At Deep Mountains and Dark Valleys the Night Begins" from Resident Evil [I just won't say it.]
What will they play at your funeral?
"Schinlder's List (Theme) [Orchestra Version]" from Hollywood Directors: Steven Spielberg by Williams, John [Not a bad funeral piece, but I'd rather something a bit more upbeat]
What is your hobby/interest?
"Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op. 27/2: Movement 2: Allegretto" from Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, Ludwig Van [So there]
What is your biggest fear?
"Fafner in the Azure/Choosing to Live" from Fafner - Now Here by Saito, Tsuneyoshi [Uhm...]
What is your biggest secret?
"Working Dress" from Shakedown by Ayres, Mark [Nah]
What do you think of your friends?
"Ami" from Final Fantasy 08 [OST] by Uematsu, Nobuo
What will you post this as?
"Wotan! Gemahl!" from Ring 1: Das Rheingold by Wagner, Richard
1. Put Your iTunes, windows media player etc on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in brackets after the song name
Are you male or female?
"Theme Of Aya" from Parasite Eve 1 by Shimomura Yoko. [Um, no]
Describe yourself!
"fake wings bitter sweet ver." from hack//Sign Soundtrack 04 by Kajiura, Yuki [Hmm... not bad]
What do people feel when they're around you?
"Solar Observatory [Excerpt]" from Jupiter Menace by Synergy [Oh... Nathan... you make me feel like I could count sunspots.]
Describe your current relationship.
"Bumper To Bumper, Rail To Rail" from Speed Racer by Giacchino, Michael [If only.]
Where would you like to be now?
"Stealth Beats" from Robotech: Invasion by Kyd, Jesper [Cripes. The last two would have been better.]
How do you feel about love?
"That's What It Takes" from Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps by James, Teresa [Wow -- another coherent answer.]
What's your life like?
"Independence Day" from Space and Beyond v2 (2 of 2) by Arnold, David [I like this one]
What would you ask for if you had only one wish?
"Kero Hireyo" from Varekai by Cirque du Soleil. [Does that make sense? Probably not.]
Say something wise.
"Stranded" from Greatest Hits 1985-1995 by Heart [Eh]
If someone says "is this okay?" you say,
"Model" from Man-Machine by Kraftwerk [More eh]
How would you describe yourself?
"By the Holy Gods" from Aida [Opera] by Verdi, Guiseppe [Actually, I think rather more of myself.]
What do you like in a guy/girl?
"Gathering" from Boheme by Deep Forest [Hmm. Gathering what?]
How do you feel today?
"The Center of the Heart" from Room Service by Roxette. [Another one that would work better elsewhere]
What is your life's purpose?
"Brief Candles" from Odessy And Oracle by the Zombies [And if you've heard that, you'd know why I'm feeling terribly depressed right now]
What is your motto?
"Mare Crisium Introitus" from Imagined Oceans by Jenkins, Karl [That actually sounds like a motto...]
What do your friends think of you?
"Trip Hop" from Journey of a Man by Cirque du Soleil [Two Cirque du Soleil tracks? Weird]
What do you think of your parents?
"Auryn" from Never Ending Story by Doldinger, Klaus
What do you think about very often?
"White as Snow" from Captain Scarlet by Gray, Barry [Up yours, Mysterons!]
What is 2 + 2?
"Tedous Scribble" from Chobits: Original Soundtrack 001 by Takanami K-taro [Actually, I'm rather fond of math.]
What do you think of your best friend?
"Chaos" from Silent Mobius 2 TMP by Ueda, Chika [Which is not too far from the truth...]
What do you think of the person you like?
"Schezo di notte" from Kingdom Hearts by Shimomura, Yoko [That's okay, because I don't like anyone.]
What is your life story?
"The Grey Havens" from The Lord Of The Rings by Hansson, Bo [Hmm.]
What do you want to be when you grow up?
"Phase2: World Within" from Universal Play by Gandalf
What do you think of when you see the person you like?
"Truth" from Nana 2 Movie OST by Ueda, Tadashi [Not bad]
What will you dance to at your wedding?
"At Deep Mountains and Dark Valleys the Night Begins" from Resident Evil [I just won't say it.]
What will they play at your funeral?
"Schinlder's List (Theme) [Orchestra Version]" from Hollywood Directors: Steven Spielberg by Williams, John [Not a bad funeral piece, but I'd rather something a bit more upbeat]
What is your hobby/interest?
"Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor ('Moonlight'), Op. 27/2: Movement 2: Allegretto" from Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven, Ludwig Van [So there]
What is your biggest fear?
"Fafner in the Azure/Choosing to Live" from Fafner - Now Here by Saito, Tsuneyoshi [Uhm...]
What is your biggest secret?
"Working Dress" from Shakedown by Ayres, Mark [Nah]
What do you think of your friends?
"Ami" from Final Fantasy 08 [OST] by Uematsu, Nobuo
What will you post this as?
"Wotan! Gemahl!" from Ring 1: Das Rheingold by Wagner, Richard
Sorry for repeating the shout, but...
General | Posted 17 years agohttp://simbaro.deviantart.com/art/T.....haded-83940432
I just stumbled across this. I'm obviously pleased as punch, but I sort of wish the artist had let me know about it.
I just stumbled across this. I'm obviously pleased as punch, but I sort of wish the artist had let me know about it.
Bad news and good news...
General | Posted 18 years agoI didn't mention it here, but the user at this website
http://www.testriffic.com/user/mooseguy32
Posted Firefox, claiming it to be his own work. I let the site admins know, and it's been removed.
He has other art and stories posted, none of which I recognized, but it's possible someone else might.
http://www.testriffic.com/user/mooseguy32
Posted Firefox, claiming it to be his own work. I let the site admins know, and it's been removed.
He has other art and stories posted, none of which I recognized, but it's possible someone else might.
Buh...?
General | Posted 18 years agoI was very surprised to get so many Watches and Faves with _Technofox 03_ -- so many that I don't have the time to thank each one.
So please consider this a 'Thanks for the watch and fave' for everyone.
So please consider this a 'Thanks for the watch and fave' for everyone.
Technofox Chapter 2
General | Posted 18 years agoTechnofox Chapter 2 is presently being reviewed by my Eagle Eyed Proofreaders, and I hope to post it early on Saturday.
Technofox
General | Posted 18 years agoI'm going to try to post one chapter of Technofox each month going forward. I hope you enjoy it.
I strongly recommend reading Firefox first, as Technofox will have spoilers.
I strongly recommend reading Firefox first, as Technofox will have spoilers.
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